Memorial gifts and donations assist with local hospice charity care. As a way of honoring a loved one or a friend a memorial gift can be made to INTEGRIS Hospice. This information can also be listed in the obituary. Donations can be mailed to INTEGRIS Hospice at 4334 N.W. Expressway, Suite 106A, Oklahoma City, OK 73116. If you would like to have donation envelopes at the funeral, please call the main office number at 405-848-8884. Arrangements for delivery of these envelopes can be made. Credit card donations can also be made at the integrishospice.com website. There are many types of planned gifts such as bequests in a will, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts and endowments. If you have more specific questions about ways to donate, please contact the INTEGRIS Health Foundation office at 405-951-5005 for additional information.

The mission of INTEGRIS Hospice, Inc. and the INTEGRIS Hospice House is to enhance the quality and dignity of life for terminally ill persons and their families.

BackgroundOn February 6, 1990, at an Oklahoma County Medical Society Board meeting, James W Hampton, M.D. stressed the importance of re-establishing a local hospice and recommended that plans go forth to carry out that mission. A few short months later, members of the OCMS combined efforts to re-establish a community-wide, non-profit hospice. Thus, Hospice of Oklahoma County came to be. The Society's physicians were among the first in the Oklahoma medical community to recognize the need for care of the dying. They are considered by some as "pioneers" in hospice care.

Under the leadership of William Coleman, M.D., Robert McCaffree, M.D., Richard Trautman, M.D., and Dr. Hampton, and an impressive fifty-member advisory board they promised their expertise and guidance to make Hospice of Oklahoma County a success. They kept their promise.

With the board in place, OCMS physicians pledged $120,000 for the new venture with an old philosophy. Local hospitals made additional significant contributions for the startup as well. Hospice of Oklahoma County opened its doors with a small staff and limited funding. Dr. Khader Hussein became a volunteer medical director. He and the hospice team would be integral in securing the agency's future through his leadership as medical director for its first five years. During that time they expanded the service area to serve portions of nine counties. In 1992, the United Way of Metro Oklahoma City accepted Hospice of Oklahoma County as one of their partner agencies providing hospice care and grief support to those without financial assistance.

In 1995, Hospice of Oklahoma County, Inc. became an affiliate of INTEGRIS Health continuing the mission of enhancing the quality and dignity of life and death for the terminally ill and their families. In 2009 the INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliary fulfilled a dream by donating money to purchase Odyssey Healthcare of Oklahoma, which included the inpatient hospice unit now known as the INTEGRIS Hospice House.

The future of the INTEGRIS Hospice, Inc. is secure and they enjoy the position of being able to look back fondly over the past years of service and also envisioning many more years to come.

Impact

The hospice organization's mission for providing end of life care is based on 4 pillars of excellence: Service Excellence; Clinical Excellence, Operational Excellence and Team Excellence. Service Excellence is creating a remarkable patient and family experience during that end of life journey as reflected in meeting and exceeding outcome measures of family satisfaction. Clinical Excellence is to ensure achievement of the quality outcomes such as pain, symptom and distress management at end of life as evidenced in our quality initiatives outcome data. Operational Excellence is defined by successful development of resources necessary to achieve our mission. It requires exceptional operational and financial performance that optimizes the way we do business in expense management, adjustments to the health care reimbursement challenges and the regulatory mandates and ensure the ability to provide end of life care to all regardless of ability to pay. Team Excellence is to continue to have engaged, competent, and knowledgeable employees and strategic partners supporting our hospice. This pillar is evidenced by turnover rates and employee satisfaction survey results.

Needs

INTEGRIS Hospice, Inc. is one of two not-for-profit hospice programs in Oklahoma County. Hospice care has been provided to over 15,000 patients and their families in a nine county service area for the past twenty-six years. The most pressing need relates specifically to funding for those patients that do not have a funding source to pay for end of life hospice care. In fiscal year 2014/2015 INTEGRIS Hospice served 42 non-funded patients providing 942 days of care with a net write off of $167,872.00 and the need continues to increase each year.

CEO/Executive Director Statement

As the Administrative Director of this organization I am committed to providing patient-focused care, which is the cornerstone of hospice care. I am very proud of this organization and I want to make you aware of the special things we have incorporated into our program that we believe sets us apart from the others. We have board certified hospice and palliative care physicians overseeing the hospice care. We only utilize registered nurses in the care of our hospice patients and other disciplines are also certified and credentialed. We own the first licensed 12-bed inpatient hospice facility, designed to specifically meet the needs of terminal patients and families promoting a home-like atmosphere. We provide massage therapy throughout the week and since pets are recognized as important members of the family they are also welcome. Pet therapy visits are also available upon request. Our patient and family satisfaction rate is in the 90 percent or above. INTEGRIS Hospice also provides care for the special needs of pediatric hospice patients and their families. We provide free bereavement counseling to anyone in the metro and surrounding areas. INTEGRIS Hospice also sponsors bereavement groups that are facilitated by a certified grief counselor. Thank you for taking the time to find out about our services. If you have further questions, please call or e-mail me at the listings on this site. Sincerely, Terry Gonsoulin, RN, MS, Administrative Director

Area Served

Area Served

Geographic Area Served

Canadian County

Cleveland County

Grady County

Lincoln County

Logan County

McClain County

Oklahoma County

Pottawatomie County

The INTEGRIS Hospice program has a 50-mile service area that covers the area in and around the Oklahoma City metro. INTEGRIS Hospice provides care in patients homes, nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Please call 405-848-8884 for further information.

There is no geographic limitation for admission to the INTEGRIS Hospice House.

Hospice and palliative care involve a team-oriented approach to medical care, expert pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient's needs and wishes. We also offer much needed support to our patients' loved ones.

The main components of hospice care are the following: a hospice medical director overseeing the care, skilled nursing care to provide pain and symptom management, social services for the patient and family, durable medical equipment and medications related to the terminal illness, companionship, practical help and family relief provided by volunteers, hospice aide/homemaker services for personal care and light housekeeping, short-term inpatient care for acute symptom management, family respite care and spiritual care provided by chaplains. An individual plan of care is developed for each patient and/or family, but they have the option of requesting or refusing services.

The INTEGRIS Hospice program is monitored by Press Ganey Patient/Family Satisfaction surveys. The surveys are sent to family members and then the results are sent to INTEGRIS Health manaegment and the INTEGRIS Hospice staff weekly.

Family satisfaction scores are consistently in the 90th and above percentile range.

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